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24 alternatives to nanoexpress

High-performance backend server framework

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. nanoexpress launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   KORE.io▲88

   A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

   2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   App Server▲63

   The next generation PHP infrastructure.

   2014 · techdivision.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Open Source Backend | [in-spuh-rey-shuh n]▲9

   build BIG tech 10x faster

   2017 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

4. 4ET
   engine262 - the self-hosted JavaScript engine▲5

   2019 · engine262.js.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   ROOK▲9

   Open, Cloud Native, and Universal Distributed Storage

   2016 · rook.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   OpenShift▲10

   A free, end-to-end, cloud-native development experience.

   2017 · developers.redhat.com · its alternatives →

7. 7TA
   TinySSE, an SSE server programmable with Lua▲5

   2025 · tinysse.com · its alternatives →

8. 8RA
   Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

   2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

9. 9NN
   Nhx – Node.js Hybrid eXecutor (a uvx inspired tool)▲6

   Jan 2026 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Razorframe▲5

    a Node.js library for kickstarting real-time apps at scale

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11RA
    Ronin – a toolkit for building CLI apps in Node.js easy and fast▲5

    2014 · vdemedes.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12MO
    Machinable – open-source Back end-as-a-Service▲6

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Serlina▲6

    A progressive React Serverside-rendering framework

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Echo▲7

    A fast and unfancy micro web framework for Go

    2016 · labstack.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dispy▲8

    A python module for distributed and parallel computing

    2017 · dispy.sourceforge.net · its alternatives →

16. 16IH
    Introducing Hyperapp 1.0 – 1KB JavaScript library for building web apps▲6

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

17. 17DI
    Devmag.io – A community for developers and technologists▲6

    2015 · devmag.io · its alternatives →

18. 18KH
    Kea – High-Level Architecture for React, Inferno, Etc.▲8

    2016 · kea.rocks · its alternatives →

19. 19AB
    Alloy – Boilerplate for building web applications with Go▲7

    2017 · growthmetrics.io · its alternatives →

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    Eureka - Beta▲9

    An on-demand compute cluster for researchers

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shifter▲6

    Serverless Static Wordpress Hosting

    2018 · getshifter.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Nuster – A HTTP/2 web cache accelerator▲8

    A high performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy - jiangwenyuan/nuster

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A unified CD solution for Kubernetes, Serverless, Infrastructure apps▲7

    Continuous Delivery for declarative Kubernetes, Serverless and Infrastructure applications

    2020 · pipecd.dev · its alternatives →

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    HyperDev▲6

    The developer playground for building full-stack web apps.

    2016 · hyperdev.com · its alternatives →

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